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If I could be doing anything, I'd be laying on the floor in my birthday suit eating junk food and watching something dumb on TV. - Anita Baker
As soon as you get off stage, that's the most dangerous time for a singer to kiss people because your vocal chords are receptive to any kind of germ. - Anita Baker
My father worked on assembly lines in Detroit while I was growing up. Every day, I watched him do what he needed to do to support the family. But he told me, 'Life is short. Do what you want to do.' - Anita Baker
I have as many pictures of my vocal cords as I do of my children. I have a great ear, nose and throat doctor, and we look at them - if there's some redness, maybe I'll take a little time off. - Anita Baker
You leave home to seek your fortune and, when you get it, you go home and share it with your family. - Anita Baker
I would say that my peak was making my first million at the ripe age of 29, after the first album. - Anita Baker
I made numerous attempts to find a way to do it all, to be a creative singer, songwriter, producer, and to be the mother, daughter, sister, lover, wife. And the thing about music is, with me, that she's a harsh mistress. She does not come to me in the midst of stress. - Anita Baker
I don't think being black has held me back at all. Being black makes you strong. - Anita Baker
Completeness? Happiness? These words don't come close to describing my emotions. There truly is nothing I can say to capture what motherhood means to me, particularly given my medical history. - Anita Baker
If you have your own agenda and your own style and you don't easily conform to what the masses are doing, you're looked upon as being difficult. Whereas, I think of it as just being an individual. - Anita Baker
“I say if it's going to be done, let's do it. Let's not put it in the hands of fate. Let's not put it in the hands of someone who doesn't know me. I know me best. Then take a breath and go ahead.” ― Anita Baker
It's impossible to write and produce a record when your parents are dying. I really tried, I really, really tried, but it just wouldn't come. - Anita Baker
You leave home to seek your fortune and, when you get it, you go home and share it with your family. - Anita Baker
Applause felt like approval, and it became a drug that soothed the pain, but only temporarily. - Anita Baker
Quotes by Anita Baker
Long tresses down to the floor can be beautiful, if you have that, but learn to love what you have. - Anita Baker
I don't let people use me. That's why I like a small number of people in my life. The more people in my life, the more complex it becomes, so I just try to keep it at a minimum. - Anita Baker
"I'm picking and choosing in terms of the stress factor. If it's not fun, I'm not going to do it." - Anita Baker
I'm picking and choosing in terms of the stress factor. If it's not fun, I'm not going to do it. - Anita Baker
"Long tresses down to the floor can be beautiful, if you have that, but learn to love what you have." - Anita Baker
I don't even have voice mail, and people get all out of shape about that. But, you know what, I don't want to transcribe your message; I want to talk to you. And that kind of freaks people out a bit. They go, 'Oh, who has time to talk?' and I'm like, 'Well, I'm gonna make time.' - Anita Baker
I love radio, but it's a very limited thing today. Everything has to be edited down to 3:59, and too bad if I didn't make my statement in three minutes and 59 seconds. Everybody's song has to make its point so quickly. - Anita Baker
I'd love to be the political voice of my generation, but that's not my gift. - Anita Baker
"Applause felt like approval, and it became a drug that soothed the pain, but only temporarily." - Anita Baker
"I would say that my peak was making my first million at the ripe age of 29, after the first album." - Anita Baker
"My kids' eyes always light up -- 'Why are these people screaming over my mother?' ... People around Detroit have made me cry, just walking up to me in the supermarket to say, 'It's good to have you back.' It's been beautiful. Just absolutely beautiful." - Anita Baker
"I don't let people use me. That's why I like a small number of people in my life. The more people in my life, the more complex it becomes, so I just try to keep it at a minimum." - Anita Baker
"Completeness? Happiness? These words don't come close to describing my emotions. There truly is nothing I can say to capture what motherhood means to me, particularly given my medical history." - Anita Baker
"You leave home to seek your fortune and, when you get it, you go home and share it with your family." - Anita Baker
Time has nothing to do with the gifts that the gods give you; it's what you do. - Anita Baker
I used to sing at funeral homes for families that didn't have a vocalist. I didn't get paid. I needed to sing. - Anita Baker